Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

IATA: ANC – ICAO: PANC – FAA: ANC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 152 ft / 46 m
Coordinates 61°10′28″N 149°59′47″W / 61.17444°N 149.99639°W / 61.17444; -149.99639 ((P)ANC Anchorage International)Coordinates: 61°10′28″N 149°59′47″W / 61.17444°N 149.99639°W / 61.17444; -149.99639 ((P)ANC Anchorage International)
Website www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7L/25R 10,600 3,231 Asphalt
7R/25L 10,900 3,322 Asphalt
14/32 11,584 3,531 Asphalt
Statistics (2006/2007)
Aircraft operations 289,472
Based aircraft 169
Passengers 5,235,000 (2007)
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC)[2] is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.[1]

Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, it was renamed by the Alaska Legislature in 2000 to honor former long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, however the naming was unusual since Ted Stevens is still living and was active in the Senate at the time of the renaming. It is Alaska Airlines' second-largest hub, after Seattle. It is also a major cargo hub and, as of 2008, ranks as the world's fifth-busiest airport by cargo traffic, after Memphis, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul. The majority of passenger flight operations are on Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle (an average of 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (an average of 13 flights per day). It is one of the only two airports in the US named after a living person, the other living person airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.

Anchorage was a common stopover for passengers flying to East Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s because U.S., Asian, and Western European aircraft could not fly over Soviet airspace, and because they did not have the range that modern-day aircraft have. Today, many cargo carriers continue to use Anchorage. Some passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States.

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport's traffic has hovered around the five million mark for the last 10 years, apart from in 2002 when the airport suffered a 13% drop in traffic. Fairbanks and Juneau are the next busiest airports though neither managed more than one million passengers last year. Anchorage traffic peaks in June, July and August when passenger numbers are twice as high as between October and April.[3]

FedEx Express and United Parcel Service operate major hubs at Anchorage International for cargo heading to and from the Far East.[4] NWA Cargo also operates a major hub at the airport. FedEx Express is the airport's largest cargo facility and can handle as many as 13,400 packages per hour, employing more than 1,200 people and providing a full customs clearance system. United Parcel Service's hub handles about 5,000 parcels per hour. Both companies forecast a large growth in traffic over the next several years as trade with China and other Far East countries increases and plan to expand their Anchorage facilities comparatively. The United States Postal Service also operates a large sectional center facility (SCF) for the 995xx ZIP codes. It processes mail and parcels headed to and from all Alaska cities.

Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East. There is during the summer season 2008 only one weekly flight to Russia, by Vladivostok Air. Also, there are plans to add flights to Sakhalin in the near future to meet the demands of U.S. oil companies.[5] Many of Alaska's North Slope workers live either in Anchorage or elsewhere in the Lower 48 states and fly through the airport to their jobs in Prudhoe Bay.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Runway layout at ANC

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers 4,500 acres (1,821 ha) and has three asphalt paved runways: 7L/25R measuring 10,600 x 150 ft (3,231 x 46 m), 7R/25L at 10,900 x 150 ft (3,322 x 46 m) and 14/32 at 11,584 x 150 ft (3,531 x 46 m).[1]

For 12-month period ending December 14, 2006, the airport had 289,472 aircraft operations, an average of 793 per day: 37% scheduled commercial, 35% general aviation, 27% air taxi and 1% military. There are 169 aircraft based at this airport: 59% multi-engine, 27% helicopters, 11% military and 3% jet aircraft.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] South Terminal (Domestic Terminal)

Despite the terminal's name, Air Canada and Alaska Airlines serve international destinations using this terminal.

[edit] Concourse A

Airlines Destinations
Air Canada Vancouver [seasonal]
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth [seasonal]
Frontier Airlines Denver [seasonal]
Frontier Flying Service Aniak, Bethel, Fairbanks, Galena, St. Mary's
Grant Aviation Emmonak, Kenai, Homer
Hageland Aviation Services Aniak, Unalakleet

[edit] Concourse B

This concourse is currently closed for renovation. It will reopen as Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines and US Airways move to this concourse as part of the domestic airline consolidation.

[edit] Concourse C

Airlines Destinations
Alaska Airlines Adak [seasonal], Barrow, Bethel, Chicago-O'Hare, Cordova, Denver [seasonal], Dillingham, Fairbanks, Honolulu, Juneau, King Salmon, Kahului, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Los Angeles [seasonal], Nome, Petersburg, Portland (OR), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver [seasonal]
Northwest Airlines Detroit [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul
Shared Services Aviation Deadhorse, Kuparuk

[edit] L Gates

Airlines Destinations
Era Aviation Bethel, Cordova, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez
PenAir Aniak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, King Salmon, McGrath, Sand Point, St. George, St. Paul, Unalakleet, Unalaska

[edit] North Terminal (International Terminal)

Despite the terminal's name, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines and US Airways serve domestic destinations using this terminal but will be moving to Concourse B in the South Terminal (The Domestic Terminal) after the renavation.

Airlines Destinations
China Airlines Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
Condor Airlines Frankfurt [seasonal]
Continental Airlines (Will be moving to Concourse B) Houston-Intercontinental, Seattle/Tacoma
Delta Air Lines (Will be moving to Concourse B) Atlanta [seasonal], Salt Lake City
Sun Country Airlines (Will be moving to Concourse B) Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal]
US Airways (Will be moving to Concourse B) Phoenix
Vladivostok Air Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vladivostok
Condor Airlines Frankfurt [seasonal charter]
Japan Airlines Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita [all seasonal charter]
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon [seasonal charter]
Omni Air International Las Vegas [seasonal charter]

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Ground transport

[edit] Inter-terminal

A shuttle bus runs approximately every 15 minutes between the North and South terminals, and the rental car lots.

[edit] To/from airport

Route 7A of the Anchorage People Mover bus system serves the airport's South Terminal once every hour, connecting it with the downtown Transit Center and the Dimond Center mall.

[edit] Renovations

Renovations began on the A and B concourses in fall 2006. These renovations are designed to bring the older portions into compliance with current seismic, heating, ventilation, electrical and safety codes, and also include new baggage handling systems and renovations to the interior of the concourses.[6] As a result of the construction, Continental Airlines' gates were temporarily moved to the North Terminal in 2006 and Northwest Airlines' ticketing and baggage facilities were permanently moved to the C concourse. When construction is completed in late 2009, Continental, Delta, and US Airways will move to the South Terminal, consolidating the domestic airlines at ANC.

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for ANC (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-03-15
  2. ^ *Great Circle Mapper: ANC / PANC - Anchorage, Alaska
  3. ^ "Anchorage dominates Alaskan airport landscape; Palin-mania may boost traffic as state gets massive media coverage". anna.aero. 03/10/08. http://www.anna.aero/2008/10/03/anchorage-dominates-alaskan-airport-landscape/. 
  4. ^ "Anchorage dominates Alaskan airport landscape; Palin-mania may boost traffic as state gets massive media coverage". anna.aero. 03/10/08. http://www.anna.aero/2008/10/03/anchorage-dominates-alaskan-airport-landscape/. 
  5. ^ [1][dead link]
  6. ^ State of Alaska Department of Transportation

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